Sunburst Schools

No School There will be no school this Friday, March 8, 2024. Enjoy the 3 day weekend!

This weekend, Avani Champaneria presented Paul Laurence Dunbar's "We Wear The Mask" at the State Poetry Out Loud event and had a chance to talk with Poet Laureate Chris Latray.

The sixth grade class teamed up their library skills to find the keys to an escape room activity. They're halfway through the puzzle--next week they'll finish and escape or write about the ending of the story that started the challenge.

This has been a week of having fun while learning. On Tuesday, the entire school had an interactive art workshop, learning about color, shapes, and composition.

KindergARTen-Impressionism

Kiddie Kollege started up this week! Students participated in a lesson created by Sabrina that included singing songs, playing counting freeze tag, cutting out snowflakes, and making a snowflake snack!

Science Showcase!

Sunburst Science Fair The Sunburst Science Fair was held today, February 28, 2024, in the NTCHS Auditorium with a total of 26 projects being presented from students in 6th-8th grade. Special thanks to the amazing 21 judges that came and evaluated projects! After judging, the final results were: 3rd Place -- Lillian Sudbrock; 2nd Place -- Raya Sagnella; 1st Place -- Coco Bucklin. The "Snaz It Up" award went to Cheyenne Miller and Kaley Sandon. We are pleased to announce that 21 student projects will be moving on to participate in the Regional Science Fair in Great Falls on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

The Junior High Science Fair is happening now! If you would like to see some of the fine work these 6-8th graders have been doing, stop by the high school before 3 today!

Check out this travel opportunity for students from Northern Telephone Cooperative!

JH science fair TOMORROW- February 28th! The public is welcome to come any time after 1:00, but the students will be getting judged, so please be mindful of this! The students have been hard at work to finalize their projects!

Reminder - Kiddie Kollege starts up again this week on Tuesday at 10:30. We can't wait to see your Kollege students!

This week in the FCS classroom students helped to set up grow lights, our vermicompost bin and our new garden tower. Now we can compost our food scraps in the classroom. Soon we will plant seeds in the garden tower. Later this spring we will cook with the food the students grow!

The Sunburst Schools January 2024 Students of the Month were 10th grade student Gabe Bouttier and 6th grade student Raya Sagnella. Although these students were unable to attend the February board meeting to be officially recognized, the board still commended the students for their great efforts. Gabe and Raya will receive certificates for being named Student of the Month.

KindergARTen-Surrealism

National STEM Champion Sunburst Schools is proud to announce that Nikki Nau, senior at NTCHS, has been named a National STEM Champion and has earned an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC, to participate and present at the inaugural National STEM Festival on April 13, 2024. Nikki was chosen as 1 of only 126 total 6th-12th grade students from throughout the 50 U.S. States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories to participate in this prestigious festival. The STEM Festival is presented by the US Department of Education and EXPLR as well as numerous other partners. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. Please check out the links below for more information. https://nationalstemchallenge.com/2024 https://www.nationalstemfestival.com/

Lady Refiners conclude their season as they lose to the Simms Tigers 48-31.

Refiner boys finish their season with a hard fought loss to Valier 47-45.

The Lady Refiners lost to Heart Butte 37-29. They will play in loser out action on Friday at 5:30pm.

Happy Valentine's Day from 1st grade!